Eugene peingle



(No-Model.)

E. PRINGLE.

SEPARABLE BUTTON FOR GLOVBSV No. 351,887, Patehted Nov. 2, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE PRINGLE, or GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

S EPA RABLE BUTTON FOR GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,887, dated November 2, 1886.

I Application filed December 29, 1885. Serial No. 186,951. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE PEINGLE, a

i citizen of the United States, residing at Glov- 'accoinpanyingdrawings, forming a part of this ersville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separable Buttons for Gloves, Boots, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in buttons for gloves, boots, &c., which will be hereinafter particularly described, and

specifically set forth in the claims.

The objects of my invention are to produce small buttons for gloves and boots which will have their parts separable, and be cheaply produced and be readily applied to the articles they are to be used with, and also be strong and reliable, and capable of being attached by simple pressure of the head portion on the stud, and detached by simply pulling the head portion outwardly from the stud. I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the specification, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the button on an enlarged scale. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the head-shell of the button. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bottom closing-piece of the button. Fig. u plan view of the catchspring. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the head-shell support, viewed from its lower side. Figs. 6,

- 7, 8, 9, and are views of the attaching-stud,

and illustrate several modifications of the attaching bases of the same. Figs. 11 and 12 are modifications of stem and attaching base of the stud. Fig. 13 is a sectional view of a button having a modified form of head-shell support. A Fig. 14 is a sectional view, commercial size, of

my improvedbutton; and Fig. 15 is a sectional view of the studof the same.

The same letters refer to like parts out the several views.

. In the drawings, A is the shell-head of the button,whioh head is made with a'shell form,

throughand having its top amade crowning from the annular flat portion a, which latter operates as a seat for receiving the force of the tool employed to set the pieces of the button together.

The side a of this shell-head is extended down from. flat shoulder a, and has its flange-rim a? clinched on the outer margin of closing-piece B, which is made with a shell form and of a single piece, and includes the upturned flangerim b, horizontal body b, and central tube, In. The flange-rim b is made with a diameter corresponding with that of the inner side of side walls, a of shell-head A, andis extended'above the horizontal body I) to a distance above the clinched flangerim c so as to bring its edge 11 up to the lower side of the flat portion or shoulder a of shell-head A. The upper portion, 1, of the central tube, b", is made with a uniform thickness, and its lower end portion is made with the tapering form 2, running down from the termination of the uniformly-thick portionl to a knife-like edge, as shown.

C is the clinching washer, made preferably with the form shown, and having its central perforation made with a diameter about equal to that of thetube at a point above knife-edge end, so as to'readily slip on thesame to a short distance without force, while with force it can be setup to the upper end of the taper 2,when the tapering end of the tube will be clinched on it andhold secure with theleather or fabric through which the tube b passes.

D is the catch-spring, which is made of a single piece of spring-wire bent in the form shown, and so as to produce the hoop or ring (1 and catching bar or arm d. This ring or hoop d is made to have the form of the .line of the side wall, 12, of closing-piece B,

and a diameter correspondingwith the diameof the bore 3 of tube b of the closing-piece B, as indicated by full and dotted lines in Figs. 4 and 5, so as to cross a side portion of said bore when the spring is in place within the chamber of the closing-piece B.

E is a shell-'form support interposed between closing-piece B and shell-head A. This support is shown in Figs. 1 and 5 to have its top portion, 0, made crowning to correspond with the crowning line of piece A, and its side wall a is shown to be made with a diameter about equal to the inside diameter of ring (I of the catchspring D, so that the latter will lay all around side wall 0 of this support E, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5, and be readily received between said side wall 0 and side wall I) of piece B, as shown in Fig. 1. From the top of this arch shell or support E is projected downwardly the central tubular wall, 6', having its diameter of bore a little greater than that of the bore-tube portion 1) of the bottomzclosing-piece,B,and also having its length to correspond with the height of the chamber between the closing-piece B and head-shell A, so that said tubular wall 6 will be supported by said piece B at the line of union of tube b with the horizontal portion 1), while the upper end of this wall 0 will give support to the crown of shell-piece A. In the edge of side wall 0 of this piece E is made notch c, and the lower end of tubular wall 0 is also provided with a notch, e, which is formed by removal of a portion of said end,as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. These notches e? 6 receive catching-armd of catch-spring D, as shown by full lines in Fig. 1 and dotted lines in Fig. 4. In Fig. 13 this supporting-piece E is shown to be a plain tube between pieces A and B.

\Vhen pieces A, B, D, and E are arranged together and secured as shown in Fig. 1, the catch-spring D will be held from shifting,and the portion3 of arm d will be relatively over the bore of the central hole of the bottom closing-piece, while portions 4 and 5 will have support on the horizontal port-ion b of the same, as illustrated'by full and dotted lines in Fig. 5.

F is the attachingstud, which is connected with any suitable form of base, F. This stud is made with any suitable form of cylindrical stem f, provided at its upper end with semispherical headf and annular concave shoulder f at the point of union of said head with the 1 stem. The hcadf of this stem is made with a diameter corresponding with the bore of the central tube, b, so as to be readily entered into the same. This stud is set relatively at an angle with the horizontal-plane of attachingbase F, and in such a manner that the upper end will be inclined in a direction opposite to the direction of line of the pull on the stud, as indicated by arrows in Figs. 1, 7, and 15.

The attaching-bases F can be made with any of the forms of construction shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, as may be selected, and with them any well-known devices-such as eyes, perforations, clinchingspurs, wire clips, or eyelets-man be employed, as may be preferred.

In some cases I omit the support E, but in best classes of buttons I would use that piece.

\Vhen the button is attached to one lap of the glove or boot and stud F is attached to the other lap, the operator, to connect the button with the stud, will simply pass the button over the head of the stud and toward its base until the head has fully entered into the central opening, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, when the upper passage of said head will crowd against spring-arm e of spring E, and press it outward until it has fully passed above said arm, when the latter will spring back and engage with the shoulder f of the stud and be securely held. \Vhen the button is pulled in direction about on a line of the axis-tube b itwill readily be drawn from the stud, the arm 6 of the spring yielding before the force of the pull to slip its hold with the head of the stud; but any pull in direction at an angle to the axis of the button will be ineffectual for detaching the parts. By the inclination of the angle of the stem of the stud, as shown, the pull of the button on the stem of the stud operates with the incline to draw the button downward toward the base of the stem.

By my above-described improvements buttons of small diameter-say fivc-sixteenths of an inch, outside measure-ran be readily produced, and be employed with gloves, boots, and other articles of wear which require small. buttons, while the expense attending the manufacture of this class of buttons will be materially reduced.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a button for gloves, boots, &c., the combination, with a buttonhead having its bottom closing-piece, B, made with upturned flange b and downwardly-projected tube 1), of the catching-spring D, composed of the ring portion (1, which is supported by said flange, and catching-arm (1', supported on the upper horizontal surface of said closing'piece and over one side of the upper open end of thebore of saidtube for operations with the stud, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a button for gloves, boots, 850., the combination, with head-shell A, bottom closing-piece B, and catch-spring D, ofsupporting device E, provided with notch e and arranged between said pieces A and B, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a button for gloves, boots, &c., the stud F, provided with an attaching-base, F, and having its stem f inclining upwardly and relatively toward or over the attaching-base and in a direction in opposition to the line of draft on said stud, substantially as and. for the purposes set forth.

4, In a separable button having its head part A B provided with a stud-receiving opening, and a spring-catcl1 which is arranged in relation to said opening, as above described, the combination therewith of stud F, provided with catchinghead f, and having its stem set in an inclined position in relation to its connected attaching-base F, substantially as and and set relatively at one side or end of a base for the purposes and'operations set'forth. provided with an attaching device, substan- 5. In combination with a button composed tiall y as and for the purposes set forth. of the head-shell A, bottom closing-piece, B, '5 provided with a central opening, and a catch Witnesses;

spring arranged relatively over a side portion ALEX. SELKIRK, of said central opening,rof stud F, made with MADISON D. SHIP1\IAN.

EUGENE PRINGLE. 

